Medicine cabinet



JulyZ, 1929. E L ENE 1,719.386

' MEDICINE CABINET Filed May 13, 1926 v r 2 Sheets-Sheet k gwua'nto'aJul 2, 1929.

L. J. BENCE MEDI CINE CABINET Fi led May 13,, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2lat/67356,

Patented July 2, 1929.

LOUIS J". BEN GE, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MEDIGINE Application as m 13,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in.medicine cabinets and particularly to the type that is built in or setinto a wall opening of a bath-room or the like with a marginal flange orrim overlying the face of the wall with the cabinet permanently anchoredin position. i

The primary object of the invention is to provide a medicine cabinet ofthe type above set forth wherein a compartment for liquid soap islocated at the lower end thereof with a filling opening forthe soapcompartment located within the cabinet with thedischarge spout for thesoap compartment extending outwardly of the front wall of the cabinetand equipped with an ordinary tensioned plunger pump for the automaticdischarge of the liquid soap.

With the above general objects in View and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully de scribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a medicine cabinet constructedin accordance with the present invention showing the soap dischargenozzle adjacent the lower end thereof. I 1

Figure 2 is a front elevational View with the hinged frontdoor of thecabinet in its open position and showing the filling opening for thesoap compartment and the depth gage of the liquid soap.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the cabinet.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line IV-IV ofFigure 1 showing the cabinet set into a wall with the soap compartmentat the lower end thereof.

Figure is a top plan View of the cabinet, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional View taken on line 6-6 ofFigure 1, showing the liquid soap compartment, the depth gage floattherein and the discharge nozzle for the soap.

The cabinet is of box formation and of the general design of an ordinarymedicine cabinet and comprises a rear wall 1, top and bottom walls 2 and3, end walls 4 and a front wall 5 CABINET.

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adjacent the lowerend, the door opening 6 the front side of the cabinetbeing closed by :a hinged door7, the cabinet set and built into the wall1 ing an outwardly directed flange 8 at the front side of the cabinetfor flat engagement with the face of, the wall. The side walls l of thecabinet are provided withopenings 9 as shown in Figure 3 for the passageof screws 10 or the like to assist in retaining the cabinet in positionwithin the wall opening. 1

The cabinet is provided with a plurality of interior horizontal shelves11 that are suitably spaced from each other and a horizontal partitionwall 12 at the lower edge of the door 7 thatcoopcrates with the bottomwall 3 of the cabinet to form a compartment 13 for liquid soap indicatedby the letter S and shown more clearly in Figures 4 and 6. The partitionwall 12 separating the medicine section of the cabinet from the soapcompartment 13 is provided with a filling opening 1 1 closed by a ventedcap 15, the filling opening being within the cabinet. The soapcompartment 13 being of a capacity for holding substantially one gallonof liquid soap has a float 16 located therein and carrying a float rod17 projecting upwardly through a guide opening in the partition wall 12for determining at all times the amount of liquid soap within thecompartment.

The liquid soap S is carried from the compartment at the lower endthereof through the front wall 5 of the cabinet by the pump device shownmore clearly in Figure 6 and comprises a nozzle 18 set into the lowerend of the front wall 5 and so retained by the jam nuts 19 engagingopposite faces of the wall 5. A downwardly directed spout 20 is carriedby the outer end of the nozzle 18 and to control the flow of liquid soapthrough the nozzle 18, the outer end thereof is provided with a springpressed valve 21 having a finger piece 22 projecting axially through thegland nut 23 at the outer end of the nozzle, the coil spring 2 1 withinthe nozzle engaging the inner end of the valve 21 and also theannularflange 25 for normally holding the valve in closing relation withrespect to the spout 20. The valve 21 being of cylindrical formation isprovided with a plurality of longitudinally extending ports 26 thatpermit the flow of liquid soap therethrough when the finger piece 22 ispressed inwardly to dis Vi? illustratedin Figure l. and carrypose thevalve 21 partially inwardly of the spout20. p

The cabinet discl'osedin this application is adapted for home use asWell as commercial purposes, such as for use in hotels or the like, andliquid soap placed in, the compartment 13 Will be available for anunusally long period of time and thereby eliminate the costly use ofsoap in cake form. The cabinet is neatly finished in White enamel and ispreferably located directly above a wash basin or stand with the nozzle18 disposed directly above ithe basin and in proximity of the Waterfaucet. With a, device of this charat r',the usual'medicine cabinet isprovided whieh utilizes'allspace for such purposes while the. liquidsoap compartment is an i added feature at the lower end thereof.

Whilethere is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of thepresent invent-ion, it is" nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is An article of the'character described, consisting ofa rectangular oblong cabinet adapted to be set into a wall recess, andhaving interior shelves, dividing the structure into superposedcompartments, the lowermost LOUIS J. BENCE.

